English Vocabulary in 365 Days - Lesson 34

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Hello everyone, in our Lesson 33, we learnt about the prefix Hypo.  Hypo represent the meanings under; below; normal. Today we shall see the prefixes in, il, im, ir. Happy Reading :)

Day 34 : In, Il, Im,Ir

• in; il; im; ir - not

Let's try to understand this with some examples

• invisible (adjective) = cannot be seen
• in - Prefix = not
• vis (videre) - Root = to see
• ible - Suffix = can be
• impossible (adjective) = that cannot be done

• im - Prefix = not
• poss (posse) - Root = be able
• ible - Suffix = can be

Let's have a look at some more words with in, il, im and ir prefixes, for better understanding

• immobile = not moving
• immoderate = not reasonable
• illegal = not allowed by the law
• irreligious = without any religious belief
• imperfect = not perfect or complete
• implacable = that cannot be changed
• irrelevant = not connected with or relevant to something
• inadequate = not good enough or too low in quality
• incomplete = not having all the necessary or appropriate parts
• irresponsible = not showing a proper sense of responsibility

Home Work :

Try to guess the meanings of the following elements.

1. -cell
2. -demo
3. -court
4. -dynamo

a. small room

b. court

c. power

d. people

Try to match the above elements with given meanings.  Solve it on your own and

That's all for today guys..... Thank you :)

You can read Old Lessons of this series from here

 

Shraboni Chakraborty

Asstt. Professor

English and Foreign Languages University,

Hyderabad

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